| BEFORE | My second cousin left Exeter in February last year, or perhaps it was earlier than that (6) |
| NARBERTH | After my second cousin left Haberton, he moved to a place near Templeton in Wales (8) |
| TEENAGE | What Opie had hit during the last year or two of "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| KOEVIL | I had a vile weekend, having left Exeter to go and stay in a terrible place near Trowbridge (6) |
| PREDATED | Was earlier than asserted, one century out (8) |
| PRECEDING | Pressure is not as intense as it was earlier (9) |
| ANTEDATE | Sounds like mother's sister went to a social earlier than that (8) |
| GREENWAY | As arranged, last Monday we left Exeter to go and visit our gran near North Curry (8) |
| ABORIGINAL | Early Victorian? Much earlier than that! |
| EQUIPMENT | Crack soldiers in centre of Exeter in gear (9) |
| BARRYCORR | 2015-17 Cambridge United striker signed by Southend from Exeter in 2010 (5,4) |
| EXE | Which river runs through Exeter in Devon? (3) |
| MORVAL | In March, my second cousin got a very large place about a mile from Widegates (6) |
| MERTON | My second cousin is leaving Moreton and moving to a place near Okehampton (6) |
| WEBCAM | At the start of the week, me and my cousin left Bournemouth to get a replacement piece of equipment for my PC (6) |
| ETCHER | After my cousin left her place on the outskirts of Trowbridge, she retrained to become a specialist engraver (6) |
| LINKIN | ___ Park Numb band that was earlier named Hybrid Theory |
| MARINA | Second cousin of Charles III, _ Ogilvy (6) |
| CHEERS | "I am going to need something to kill time before my second beer. How about a first one?" show |
| FEDCUP | BJK Cup was earlier called this. (3,3) |
